In pics: Hiroshima after 65 yrs of US atomic bombing

In this picture: Doves fly over the Peace Memorial Park with a view of the gutted A-bomb dome at a ceremony in Hiroshima, Japan.



Japan marked the 65th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Friday with the United States represented at the ceremony for the first time. The Japanese city of Hiroshima was reduced to ashes by a US nuclear bomb in 1945.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon offers a wreath in front of the cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 6, 2010, on the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city. (Text courtesy: Reuters)

In this picture: US Ambassador to Japan John Roos (C) attends the ceremony for the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing on the city, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on August 6, 2010.



Japan marked the 65th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Friday with the United States represented at the ceremony for the first time.

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan,(L), looks at a scale model of the destruction caused by the 1945 atomic bombing on Hiroshima.

People pray in front of the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.

A girl prays with her grandmother in front of a cenotaph for the victims of the the 1945 atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.

With the gutted Atomic Bomb Dome in the background, a boy releases a paper lantern on the Motoyasu River for a memorial service of the atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima.(Text courtesy: AP Photos)

Girl with painted face looks on as she participates in Hiroshima Day peace rally in Mumbai, India. Students and social activists marched for the annual commemoration of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima, marking its 65th anniversary.

A woman prays as she participates in Hiroshima Day peace rally in Mumbai.

Students look at a replica of the "Little Boy" bomb to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing in Hiroshima, at a school in Ahmedabad, India.